Woman with no brainwave activity wakes up after hearing her daughter’s voice
The awakening of a mother who had no brainwave activity further calls into question the long-held medical understanding of so-called ‘brain death.’
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Articles tagged brain death criteria
Young woman declared ‘brain dead’ dies of starvation, neglect
After declaring her 'brain dead,' the hospital refused to feed Amber or provide basic hygiene to the point that her sister had to remove maggots from her hair.
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‘Brain death’ is a convenient fiction for the organ harvesting industry
The statement 'Catholics United on Brain Death and Organ Donation: A Call to Action' asks the faithful 'to unite against utilization of the current brain death criteria' because these standards do not ensure that patients are dead when their organs are removed.
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Neurological association promotes dangerous redefinition of ‘brain death’ after panel rejects it
‘Death is not whatever an echo chamber of experts says it is,’ said Dr. Heidi Klessig. ‘The criteria for brain death have been revised repeatedly without scientific evidence.’
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US bishops warn against changing the legal definition of death. But do they go far enough?
The obtaining of viable organs is the driving force that is pushing policy writers, medical professionals, and legislators to rewrite medical protocol and state legislation.
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The committee in charge of the legal definition of ‘brain death’ remains stalemated
The Uniform Law Commission, the group in charge of drafting the Uniform Determination of Death Act (RUDDA), remains undecided as to how to properly define 'brain death' in the American legal framework.
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